“WeWork is part of the ‘we’ generation – we are people who need less personal space for their own lives and would rather be a part of their community rather than working alone…we see this especially in DC,” said Noah Brodsky, WeWork’s Chief Experiential Officer.

WeWork’s design intent is for collaboration and comfort – check out that meeting room!

“D.C. is really more than a political town. We’ve seen a lot of development around the area. I really think that in, like, 10 to 20 years it will be a huge entrepreneur hub.”

Comfy private cubicles.

With the addition of WeWork, the D.C. startup space has gained a valuable resource. Aside from providing additional co-working spaces (which Brodsky thinks is needed in a rapidly expanding market like DC), the spaces provide additional venues to support startup programming and events. The new members of WeWork itself will join the already 10,000-people strong network, made up of not only other startup founders and employees, but freelance accountants, publicists, and other service providers whose primary focus is working with startups.

“Our goal, really, it to increase entrepreneurship and increase access to small business tools that [startups] need…We really want to help the community grow and drive, so it’s really exciting for us to be [in D.C.] and be a part of it.”

Every great coworking space needs an equally amazing kitchen.

During a tour of the Chinatown space, Carl Pierre, the DC City Lead for WeWork, told us that the membership demand for both D.C. locations have been tremendous, with the majority of the Chinatown space already sold out. Formerly with InTheCapital, Pierre is well-acquainted with the D.C. startup scene (he literally knows everyone in this space) which makes him the perfect person to help build WeWork’s presence and reputation in the tech scene.

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Ronald Barba was the previous managing editor of Tech.Co. His primary story interests include industry trends, consumer-facing apps/products, the startup lifestyle, business ethics, diversity in tech, and what-is-this-bullsh*t things.
Aside from writing about startups and entrepreneurship, Ronald is interested in 'Doctor Who', Murakami, 'The Mindy Project', and fried chicken. He is currently based in New York because he mistakenly studied philosophy in college and is now a "writer". Tweet @RonaldPBarba.